New Clothes!

June 14, 2021 Monday Message

Genesis 3:21 NLT: “The Lord God made clothing from animal skins for Adam and his wife.”

It’s important to consider this in context. Adam and his wife had really messed up. God had provided everything they needed. He would walk with them in the garden. There was just one rule: Don’t eat from that one tree in the middle of the garden, the one giving knowledge of good and evil. But with a little tempting from the serpent, the humans did the exact thing God told them to not do!

Prior to this, the couple couldn’t do anything wrong, because they didn’t have knowledge of right and wrong! But disobeying God this once gave them that knowledge and opened the door to all kinds of sin. Now they had to make correct choices. Now that they knew about sin, there were thousands of things to avoid. God was not pleased with the direction this had taken!

Looking back, we have to admit that the train had left the tracks! This was a disaster, and God had every right to be upset. Q: What did He do? A: Our compassionate God still loved them, still cared for them. After all, mankind was God’s premier creation! Now that the couple had knowledge, they knew they were naked and made shoddy clothing out of fig leaves. God loved them so much that he made them much sturdier clothes out of animal skins.

Of course the lesson here is that no matter how we’ve messed up our lives, God has offered us new clothing. Our sin goes to the place of the dead, and believers in Jesus are clothed in garments of white, pure and innocent, ready to return to the Father! It’s called The Great Exchange! See – I told you God was good!

Blessings to all this week!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship, 3249 30th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406